United Religious Front

The United Religious Front was an alliance of Jewish conservative political parties in the state of Israel that existed from 1949 to 1951. The front supported religious Zionism, demanding that Israel be a religiously Jewish state and not a secular one, but the party allied with David Ben Gurion's socialist Mapai party to form a coalition government during the 1949 elections. The grouping demanded that Ben Gurion close the Supply and Rationing Ministry and appoint a businessman as Minister for Trade and Industry, leading to the fall of Ben Gurion's first cabinet on 15 October 1950. On 1 November 1950, Ben Gurion formed the second government, and the front retained its place in the coalition. The front divided into smaller parties during the 1951 elections.